Report by the Board of Directors

Financial Performance in January-December 2017

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income, MEUR 2017
2016
  12 months  12 months 
     Net sales 51.6 64.2
     Operating profit / loss -6.2 2.5
     Financial income and expenses 0.4 0.6
     Result before tax -5.8 3.1
Result for the period from continuing operations -4.8 3.5
Result for the period from discontinuing operations 1.7   
Result for the period -3.1 3.5
Total comprehensive income for the period -3.2 3.5
     
Result for the period attributable to:    
     Equity holders of the parent -3.1 3.5
Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to:    
     Equity holders of the parent -3.2 3.5
     
Earnings per share from continuing operations, EUR -0.133 0.098
  • Cash flow from operating activities was EUR -0.0 million (EUR -1.7 million, in 2016).
  • Net cash flow was EUR -32.0 million, including the EUR 10.7 million dividend payment in April and the investments made into the Company´s new office building in Oulu, Finland and into own product development (EUR -27.9 million, in 2016, including the EUR 10.7 million dividend payment and the investments made into the company´s new office building in Oulu, Finland).
  • Equity ratio was 85.6 percent (87.0 percent, December 31, 2016).
  • Net gearing was -52.9 percent (-70.3 percent, December 31, 2016).

Half Year Figures

Group's net sales and operating result, MEUR  2H/17 1H/17 2H/16 1H/16 
Net sales 24.5 27.1 33.1 31.1
Operating profit (loss) -3.4 -2.8 1.9 0.7
Result before taxes -3.4 -2.4 2.2 0.9
Result for the period -2.4 -2.4 2.6 0.9
  
Distribution of net sales by market areas, MEUR and %  2H/17 1H/17 2H/16 1H/16 
Asia 1.0
4.2%
0.3
1.1%
0.2
0.7%
0.5
1.5%

Americas
1.4 
5.8%
4.5
16.4%
6.7
20.2%
5.5
17.6%

Europe
22.0
90.0%
22.4
82.5%
26.2
79.1%
25.1
80.8%